“Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” - Malcolm S. Forbes

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

March 15

Lincoln “was a most teachable man, and asked questions with a childlike simplicity which would have been too much for the false pride of many a man far less well informed. His fund of knowledge was, as he himself declared, very largely made up of information obtained in conversation.” If Lincoln's knowledge was “not so well arranged and digested as if it had been the accumulation of careful and exact research, it included a vast amount of information hardly to be found in books.”

- William O. Stoddard, presidential secretary

“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.” - Confucius

“Me Too, 365,” by Arnold Kunst

14 March

“The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.” - Anonymous

“Unless you are tender to the utmost end of life you can’t help anyone.” – Jonathan Hanaghan

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

14 March

One sure-fire strategy to turn a cradle Catholic into an ex-Catholic: a fear-filled Catholic seeking to voice a concern that might inadvertently impinge on the delicate sense of personal integrity of the priest: “Father, what about X-Y-Z?” Priest: “I have two degrees in theology; how many do you have?”

Sure-fire.

“Be patient. God isn’t yet finished with you [or those close to you].” - Anonymous

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

13 March

The only ones who complete the trip to heaven successfully are the ones who jettison the garbage of recrimination that heaven clearly finds utterly repulsive.

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." - Babe Ruth

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

March 14

“The world has seen and wondered at the greatest sign and marvel of our day, to-wit, a plain working man of the people, with no more culture, instruction or education than any such working man may obtain for himself, called on to conduct the passage of a great people through a crisis involving the destinies of the whole world...” - Harriet Beecher Stowe on Abraham Lincoln as President

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than the unsuccessful man with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” - Calvin Coolidge

“Obstacles don’t block the path – they ARE the path.” - Anonymous

“Me Too, 365,” by Arnold Kunst

13 March

“Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it is your own.” – Michelle Obama

"...Are ye not of more value than many sparrows?" - Jesus Christ

“Me Too, 365,” by Arnold Kunst

12 March

“If you obey all the laws you miss all the fun.” - Katherine Hepburn